Welcome to Live a Colorful Life. It's Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway Day and I'm so happy you stopped by.
Included in the giveaway are two patterns designed by me, the latest issue of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks (which includes one of my blocks), and a charm pack of California Girl by Joanna Figueroa for Fig Tree and Co. (because I'm a girl from California).
One of my favorite holiday traditions is "soup and cookie" day where our son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren come over for homemade soup. Then while Aaron and Christa are off shopping, or just having some quiet time at Starbucks, the grandchildren and I make homemade cookies. This year we made these:
For a chance to win the giveaway, leave a comment letting me know if you have a special holiday tradition. If you are follower, leave another comment for a second chance. All readers are welcome. The giveaway ends on Friday, December 13, at 5 p.m. PST.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will stop by again.
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I follow you! I just can't remember if it's through blog lovin or directly into my email...
I love making Christmas cookies and sharing them with family and friends.
Oyster stew and late night Christmas eve services, then my birthday cake as someone had to have Christmas eve birthday. It's ok, I never felt slighted. I was the only one who ALWAYS had family around to celebrate with.
thank you for a lovely giveaway! I don't like cookies but I do like making them for my children.
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We always have some type of Advent Calender.
I love baking and decorating cutout cookies! :)
Our favorite holiday tradition is Christmas Brunch after we open our gifts. The table is set with our best Christmas dishes, candles and cloth napkins. Lots of our favorite breakfast food and the best part... we eat in our pajamas, sometimes matching ones. Thanks, Kathy
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We have a Christmas puzzle that we have been putting together for the past 23 years. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Those cookies are so cute. I like attend and play at Christmas Eve service.
I love to get together with family!
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We spend Christmas with our grandsons and enjoy a great meal.
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We always have a tree trimming party. Those members of the family who aren't able to join us on Christmas day are usually there as well, and we all have a lot of fun. Thanks for the chance to win.
We get together with my husband's family on Christmas Eve. It's the only time of year that we see some of them
My daughters and I always make sugar cookies together! Great fun.:) Thanks for a great giveaway!
We decorate the tree together and on Christmas Day we all open our pressies together.
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That sounds like a wonderful tradition. I love or Christmas Eve traditions of going to mass, home for dinner, hanging stockings and such. The anticipation of that night is always magic.
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We get together on Christmas Eve and the kids open one gift. Then we exchange presents in the morning and have a big dinner later in the day. Thanks for the chance to win! -karrie, ksmith8@emich.edu
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Our tradition is eating Grandma's home made shortbread cookies. We would look forward to them every year. Now that Grandma is 98 she isn't making cookies anymore but I will use her recipe and make us a batch this year.
My family celebrates Advent with a Jesse Tree. I make felt ornaments. We hang one each day and read scripture. It's a very special way to celebrate Christmas. Please visit my Etsy shop to see photos of the Jesse Tree ornaments I make.
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We have summer here in SA and our Christmas lunch is spent around the pool. Thanks for a chance to win.
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We love opening the presents on Christmas eve with a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine!
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My children, grandchildre, and great grandchildren gather at my house on Christmas Eve for a meal of filet mignon (so easy to prepare) then we open our gifts. On Christmas day we get together with my husband's siblings and the weekend following Christmas we get together with my siblings. I love family get togethers.
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My sisters and I have a baking weekend! So much fun!
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We celebrate by taking part in Advent services at our church and our kids have been in the Christmas Eve pageant all their life. This is the last year for my son to be taking part as a shepherd. The kids help in the lighting of the candles after they enter high school. Thanks for the chance to win!
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Hi! Thank you for a great give away! I think I start this year tradition to start a new quilt and sew all the Christmas night! x Teje
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My holiday tradition is going to Church on Christmas Eve.
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Every year we eat the same things for dinner on Christmas Eve; all the favorites we have.
Love the Fig Tree fabrics. Yes, my favorite tradition is our Christmas Eve program produced by our adult children for our family. It's memorable every year, and I can't wait to see what they come up with this year.
I live in Bulgaria, Europe. On the Christmas Eve we have to put on the table odd vegetarian dishes 7 or 9. Thanks!
I love hanging out with my kids and make crafts together
Love my family tradition of making a new breakfast every Christmas morning, no repeats.
We have family story for 35 nights before Christmas. The two kids, the hubs and I all pick a single book, cuddle in our Jammie's and I read the book aloud. The tradition culminates on Christmas Eve with new Christmas Jammie's for everyone and a reading of 'Twas the Noght Before Christmas.
We love to drive around at night time to check out the Christmas lights and decorations!!
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Family dinner together is a treat. Thanks for the giveaway.
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All the women and girls in my husbands family get together to bake cookies and candies for an entire day. 100's of cookies!
I've been a follower for a long time - via feedly.
I am trying to come up with holiday traditions for with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Our sons have kept our traditions alive with their own families, so we need some new ones.
going out to look at all the lights before bed
Kids at our house always get a new book on Christmas Eve they can read while having trouble falling asleep, because they're too excited!!
One of my favorite traditions is eating the Swiss dish Raclette on Christmas Eve with my brother and parents. Thank you for a wonderful giveaway, and an early Merry Christmas!
Those cookies are adorable! I like to get a cup of cocoa and go for a night drive around town with my husband to look at all the lights.
My family always has Christmas eve dinner at my husband's grandmother's home. I have spent every Christmas there for the last 15 yrs and I look forward to it every holiday season.
we don't have any unusual tradition, but each year I buy a couple of new baubles for the tree so that the tree is full of memories
Those cookies look too cute to nibble on :)
I've made a tradition with my boys to bake goodies, they love it!
Thank you for the chance.
This is the second year I've taken an evening off from the kids and gone out with the local ladies to make a gingerbread house. Its so fun, I'm hoping it becomes a permanent fixture.
My tradition used to be to take a day of vacation and bake all day. With a toddler, that's not as practical. But this year I started what I hope is a new tradition - decorating cookies with her.
Those cookies are so cute! Our family tradition is putting the Christmas tree up on the 1st December. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
Like to go driving around looking at the Christmas lights.
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I started the tradition of making gingerbread houses with my girls on Christmas eve.
We have Christmas boxes instead of stockings. My Mom started it when the kids were little and she mailed our Christmas presents. It is still a tradition in our family even though she is gone now. Merry Christmas
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We usually all spend Christmas Eve at my in-laws home with my hubby's entire family.
I am a seasoned follower of your blog via email.
Your cookies are so cute! I love playing Christmas carols on the piano when I get to my parents' house :)
Our is that santa is alive and well and still doing what he does. I don't care how old everyone is that is just the way it is. Everyone gets a gift from santa (if they have been good), and santa gets cookies and milk!
We do sibling gifts on Christmas Eve ... just like my sister and I did growing up.
katztoo1 at frontier dot com. Favorite tradition is baking Christmas goodies. Gives me a good feeling. Love the cookies you and grand kids. Please, if I may, forward the directions so I can add them to my recipe stash. The giveaway is fabulous. Thanks
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Those are such cute cookies. We always drive through the neighborhoods with luminaries on Christmas Eve.
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Decorating the tree while drinking hot cocoa and listening to Bing Crosby
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We go church on Christmas Eve, and gather with extended family on Christmas Day.
Thanks for the chance to win!
I follow by e-mail.
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You have a new follower by GFC
The grand children and I make Christmas cookies each year
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We go out on Christmas Eve and look at the lights.
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I have a tradition of giving my daughter a Christmas ornament since she was born. After she got married, I included her husband. He is included and now they have a daughter (my granddaughter) which I have started the same tradition.
My favorite holiday tradition is to make and decorate Christmas cookies with my daughter. Thanks for the chance to win.
Being divorced and living far from most of my family, I've had to "reinvent" my traditions. One year I put up six Christmas trees.
I like doing 12 days of Christmas for families in my neighborhood. Thanks for chance to win.
We do a lot of holiday baking and so the whole house is warm and smells awesome!
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It seems a new Tradition has started at my house, A New grandbaby every year..
I love to watch Love Actually each year.
I love baking with my kids at Christmas time. Thanks for the chance to win.
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We all spend the night at the grandparents house.
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I like our christmas eve by candlelight tradition
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Family tradition is Christmas eve at my Mothers with about 50 relatives! Mom is 86 and we are blessed to be able to share her home at Christmas each year! midwayfarms@hughes.net
We like to go with the family on wintersport,sitting together ,talking eating and love eachother and the most importing thing is sporting
My entire family goes to my mom and dads on Christmas Eve and fellowship and eat lots of yummy food
We like to sing a lot at Chrismas eve :)
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Spend an entire weekend making goodies for the holiday!
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I love baking walnut strudel and pies with my Nana (of her 9 children, 13 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and various spouses, it's great to have one-on-one time with her!)
We love to put up the Christmas tree with Christmas songs and hot cocoa!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
My tradition is baking Christmas cookies with my daughter.
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I am a new follower....thanks for the gorgeous giveaway..
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My family gets together on Christmas Eve to play a silly game of exchanging inexpensive gifts. Sweet giveaway!
We have "cookie day", everyone is home and involved from baking to decorating. It gets a little crazy but that's part of the fun.
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our son is two so he's never really cared what we do, but after this year, we will be putting up a tree every year, and making some actual traditions.
I love going to the Christmas Eve service at our church.
The cookies make me think of "not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."
I always select a new jigsaw puzzle at Christmas and we all gather around for treats, conversation and finding just the right piece for the runner on Santa's sleigh.
We always sleep under the Christmas tree on Christmas eve.
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Decorating our Christmas tree is our favorite tradition.
I follow your blog with blog lovin.' Happy holidays!
Hi, I don't celebrate the Holiday, but i would love to win your giveaway.
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I like driving around to look at christmas lights. Thanks for the giveaway!
Our holiday tradition is midnight mass on Christmas Eve -- so peaceful and serene!
All our family goes to Christmas Eve service together and then go home and stay up really late talking and laughing! It's the best! mrscwatson81@hotmail.com
Each Saturday in December we stay up to watch a Christmas movie. This year my daughter helped everyone put up their trees, I think she may try to turn that into a tradition, she had so much fun. hayleymstephens at gmail dot com
Chocolate candy making with my best friend is always fun! Thanks for the great giveaway.
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No special holiday tradition here, but making lots of nice cookies!
Thanks for the chance to win this generous giveaway
Your darling mice made me laugh out loud! Thanks so much for sharing - both the mice and the great giveaway package. We make a gingerbread house every year, and that's always fun.
Whenever I'm in town for Christmas, I always go to the movies with my sis and bro, and our best friends.
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I love watching Christmas movies in my jams with hot chocolate on Christmas Eve.
We always go down to DC to see the National Tree display and take the poodle.
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We always watch Elf, A Christmas Story, and It's a Wonderful Life. Thanks for the giveaway.
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We love to bake cookies and put out the Christmas tree! Not unique or overly special but special with the kiddos!
I'm a follower! Thanks!
thank you for the chance to win. i bake cookies
My husband and I have a relatively new tradition, we like to watch the burning yule log video on our television. It crackles and glows like a real fireplace while we sip hot beverages, listen to Christmas records, keep our feet up and relax.
The first slice of Christmas cake with tea on Christmas Day evening.
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Baking cookies
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I don't have any tradition as I don't celebrate.
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i am so in love with christmas, i love everything that has to do with this holiday.. i love love love the christmas lights and the tradition of exchanging gifts!
I make fudge every year to pass out to friends and family. Thanks!
Wish I could leave my kids at your house for a little rr with the hubby AND then come back to baked goodies! We do make sugar cookies though as a tradition.
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